Photo by Harper Smith
Take a listen to the wondrous music of rising country artist Hailey Whitters, who recently released her critically acclaimed album Raised. Hailey will be performing in Portland at Mississippi Studios on 4/22 and in Seattle at the Tractor Tavern on 4/23.
The new record focuses on her hometown of Shueyville, IA, a small farming community in the middle of America. Using her songwriting to reflect on her roots and the community that raised her (get it?), the album is an ode to her beloved hometown. Raised has received extensive praise from New York Magazine, NPR’s Weekend Edition, and People Magazine. Most recently, she attended the Grammy Awards where she was nominated alongside a powerful team of female songwriters for her writing credits on “A Beautiful Noise” performed by Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile. Last week, BrooklynVegan included Hailey in their list of “15 current country singers every indie fan needs to know.”
Her latest single (above) is called, “Everything She Ain’t.”
“This song sort of fell from the sky one day writing with Bryan Simpson and Ryan Tyndell,” explains Whitters. “Ryan had this cool bouncy guitar part and I shot out the line, ‘I’m everything she is, and everything she ain’t.’ We started spitting out verses and finished it within an hour or so. I love the girl-next-door nature of it and its quirky language. The music video was directed by Harper Smith and was inspired by my old high school ‘Cow Pie High’… the city kids called it that because it was the school that all the country farm kids went to. I actually was the homecoming queen my senior year, so Harper and I thought it would be fun to muse on that for this video. To me, this song is about being the most authentic version of yourself despite what may or may not be popular at the moment. Whether or not you have ‘a Hollywood smile,’ this song is about owning what you bring to the table and being confident in your skin.”
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